No Beast Girls on the Western Front

"No way! Seeing Master so close to Ella and having so much fun with Xiao En, I just can't stand it anymore~"

Although Paine was simultaneously preoccupied with worry about waking Xiao En, anger at Lacey's disobedience, and a slight sense of guilt for ignoring her, he was actually somewhat looking forward to what Lacey was going to do to him next.

If the exhausted Xiao En still had a chance to be defeated, then he was utterly and completely outmatched by the dog-girl Lacey.

If Lacey is determined to take a hard line, he can only let her do as she pleases.

Would a well-behaved dog like Lacey really disobey his orders and do something outrageous?

Before he could even speak, Lacey suddenly leaned in and started licking his face frantically.

...Oh right, that's just what dogs do when they're excited, it's perfectly normal.

What am I expecting?

Chapter 160 CLIX. Defeated by Lacey

Besides waving her claws in front of Payne's face, giving him no chance to speak, Lacey's tail was also swishing with unprecedented speed and force—this was by no means a sign of friendliness, but rather excitement before battle!

With Lacey making such a commotion, Payne unsurprisingly heard Shawn humming in his sleep, as if he was having a particularly restless sleep and perhaps dreaming of something bad.

If this continues, Xiao En will wake up sooner or later, and we must take some measures!

So, taking advantage of Lacey's excited swing of her claws, Payne struggled to reach out and desperately blocked her claws as they came swinging again.

Even though it was blocked, Lacey's claws still twitched twice more unwillingly before finally stopping.

Xiao En's humming quickly subsided, indicating she hadn't been woken up. Sweet dreams to her.

so close.

The beast girl is incredibly strong; I never expected even a casual swing of her claws to be so powerful.

However, before Payne could even catch his breath, he suddenly saw Lacey standing right next to him, a smile full of fighting spirit on her face.

"Does Master want to spar with me? Does that mean he wants to have a serious match with me?"

"That's not what I meant!..."

Just as Payne realized that his blocking action might be misinterpreted as a response, before he could explain, Lacey pounced on him even more fiercely.

This time, Payne not only didn't have time to speak, but he didn't even have time to parry.

Overwhelmed by Lexi's fierce offensive, he even instinctively dodged backward, completely forgetting that Xiao En was lying behind him.

Fortunately, Lacey noticed Payne's tendency to run away and immediately tripped him, saying, "Don't run away!"

While Leslie was confirming that Shawn was still asleep and before she herself had fallen to the ground, Payne finally had a chance to catch his breath and quickly said, "Don't...don't take it so seriously, it's just a friendly spar!...Ah!..."

This time, it wasn't that Lacey launched another attack; instead, she grabbed Payne's arm, spun him around, and pinned him to the ground with his back to the ground.

"Although they're just warming up right now, they're very confident they can beat you."

Payne wholeheartedly agreed, after all, he had spent so much time with Lacey and had practiced at least eight or ten different tactical moves with her.

In the fatigued state after training with Shawn, Lacey only needed to use a single move to defeat Payne.

The tactic she's using now is grappling.

Payne didn't know why she was using so much force. Maybe it was because of the excitement of sparring. In any case, under the dog's strong grip, he even heard his bones making a cracking sound!

Is this guy trying to break my arm?!

Under such a fierce attack, even though Lacey didn't exert much effort, Payne still felt the pain was almost unbearable and quickly gave up.

After enduring Shawn's horn charge and Ella's sweeping leg, he finally succumbed to Lacey's grappling.

"Yay, we won!" Lacey gave a small cheer as she released Payne, but then immediately covered her mouth. Just as Payne was grimacing and stretching his arms, he saw Lacey looking at him with fervent eyes, clearly saying, "Let's have another match!"...

I never would have guessed before that Lacey had the potential to be a battle maniac!

But it was no use, because before Payne could even refuse, Lacey used a grappling move again and knocked him out...

……

Some time later, something warm patted Payne's face, waking him up.

Someone was probably wiping his face with a hot towel.

It's obvious that Lacey is taking care of him.

The orcs still have great energy. They practiced for so long last night, and they woke up earlier than me today.

...Make up for it! This level of play is just a warm-up for Lacey! Yesterday's match wasn't really decided! Of course she's not tired!!

I didn't have time to regret it last night, but now Paine wants to:

He genuinely regretted teaching Lacey so many fancy tactics, which allowed the dog to easily suppress him even before they were ready for a serious duel.

While it's certainly enjoyable, if you exhaust yourself like this, it won't be so easy to beat Lacey when you're actually practicing seriously.

It seems we still need to exercise some restraint—both people and dogs.

Perhaps because she was thinking about these questions, her expression became slightly out of control. Leslie asked with a slight smile, "You're awake? Did you have a good time last night?"

To be fair, although he was suppressed by Xiao En and then by the usually obedient Lacey, this kind of battle had its own unique flavor, and overall Payne enjoyed it quite a bit.

He remained asleep until his vision went completely black.

He even suspected that he had fainted from exhaustion.

Therefore, when he opened his eyes and saw the sunlight shining through the curtains and illuminating the sheltered trench, he was actually a little afraid of Leslie watching him with a smile on her face.

Animal girls, especially Lacey, become true warriors when they get serious, which is terrifying.

But Payne managed to control his emotions well and didn't show any weakness in front of Lacey, otherwise the position of leader of this squad might have really changed hands.

This doesn't mean Lacey has any rebellious intentions; it's just that "fighting for leadership" is the dog's underlying code of action.

If Payne backs down today, even if Lacey remains obedient in battle and daily life, it will be enough to make Payne's legs tremble, even if she only gains the upper hand in sparring.

Extra training! This rebellious dog needs a really tough workout!!

However, just as Payne was gathering his emotions and preparing to put on an angry look and start scolding, he heard a yawn behind him and a lamb leg kicked him in the tailbone.

It must be Xiao En stretching, thankfully not too hard.

"Good morning, Pine... Hmm? Lacey?"

Xiao En had just rubbed her eyes and looked up when she saw a dog standing on the other side of Payne, who was smiling and greeting her, "Good morning, Xiao En."

The sheep looked at Lacey and Payne, then at the now-messy bunker, and it took a full ten seconds for it to realize what had happened—

She was outmaneuvered by Lacey!

Her Pine was beaten to a fight by the dog!!

“Paine!! Why didn’t you wait for me?! Why did she?!…”

Faced with Xiao En's angry bleating and rain of tiny fists, Payne covered his face and sighed deeply.

This rebellious sheep also needs extra training.

Chapter 161 CLX. Beast Tamer Training Beasts

Why did Xiao En have to wake up at this particular time...?

Things were complicated enough as they were, and she made them even more complicated...

However, Payne soon learns that things can only get more complicated.

After venting his anger by hammering Payne, Shawn turned his attention to Lacey: "What are you doing?! This is my divergence!! My divergence!!!"

Faced with Xiao En's shouting, Lacey actually bared her teeth and started whining threateningly at the sheep.

Lacey rarely gets angry at her beast girl comrades, and most of the time it's because they don't listen to Payne or make mistakes during training, let alone this time it's because of a fight over Payne.

As for the threat posed by Lacey, who came from the predator, Xiao En, who was in the position of the prey, was immediately and completely suppressed. She immediately shut her mouth, hugged the blanket, and kept retreating.

Only when her back was against the wall, with nowhere left to retreat, did she begin to stammer and speak incoherently:

"Pine... save... save... save..."

Payne sighed and then slapped Lacey on the head.

Lacey immediately shut her mouth, habitually showing a wronged expression.

But her eyes quickly darted around, and she put on a calm smile, feigning ignorance as she asked, "Why did you hit me?"

Then she got hit again.

“I’m not just going to hit you, I’m going to hit you really hard!” Payne said, glaring at her.

He even waited a few seconds to make sure Lacey wouldn't change her expression again before continuing, "Didn't I say that you're not allowed to yell at your comrades without my orders?!"

Lacey covered her head and lowered her head, a hint of resentment still lingering in her voice: "I told you..."

"Then what were you trying to do just now?!"

"..."

Seeing that Lacey was silent, Payne's tone became slightly calmer:

“I know you’re in a splitting clamp right now and want to be with me, but Xiao En is in a splitting clamp.”

"Did I ever say that if one beast is in the branching vessel and the other beast is only in the branching pincers or branching thicker vessel, then I would take care of the first beast first?"

Lacey's eyes darted around again, and she was about to answer when Xiao En said timidly, "You...you don't seem to have told me this..."

But she quickly added, "However, I completely agree!"

Somewhat speechless, Paine glanced back at Xiao En, then looked at the other four beasts who had been awakened and were already eating melons for a long time. Paine cleared his throat and solemnly said:

"This was indeed my oversight, so I would like to reiterate:"

"In my opinion, beasts with the ability to split have the highest priority, followed by those with the ability to split pincers, then those with the ability to split thick, and finally the other beasts. Do you understand?"

All six beasts nodded, except for Ella, who blushed as she nodded and scratched her ear somewhat awkwardly.

Payne immediately sensed that things wouldn't end so simply.

As expected, Xiao En asked again, "If that's the case, then why are you so concerned about Ella in my divergence device?"

Lacey, lying on her side with one hand supporting her head, said calmly, "That's right, Master, don't you consider other factors? I've been here for ages."